This
inscription records the gift of lands in some villages and the antaraya
and other levies from them by [Rajendra]solan Keralan alias
Nishadarajan for the daily expenses in the temple of the same god as occurring

in No. 2 above of Ponnamarapati, stated here as situated in
Rajendrasola valanadu in Rajarajappandi-nadu.

Cf.
Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 147.

No.
5 (Page No. 3)

(A.
R.
No. of 1909)

Pon-Amaravati,
Tirumayam Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District

On
the south wall of the central shrine in the Cholesvara temple.

Kulottunga-choladeva
III : Year 18=1195-96 A.D.

This
inscription records a gift of land as madappuram to a matha called Nilamai-Alagiyan tirumadam
(see No. 13 below) in the tirumadai-vilagam (sacred precincts) of the temple of
Rajendrasolisvaram-udaiya-nayanar by Tirukkodungunramudaiyan
Alagiyadevan alias Nishadharajan of Ponnamarapati in Puramalai-nadu.

Cf.
Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 150

.

No.
271 (Page No. 172)

(A.
R.
No. 256 of 1909)

Kunnattur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District

Slab
set up in the Nadanandesvara temple at Manamai,

a hamlet of the same village.

Tribh
Kulottungacholadeva : Year 24=1201-02 A.D.

This
inscription is damaged and its end portion is not well-preserved. It describes the king as ‘who was pleased to take Madurai and
the crowned head of the Pandya’ It
records a gift of 3 cows for burning a nanda lamp in the temple
of Tiruvagattisvaramudaiyar at Manamai alias Jananthanallur in
Amur-nadu in Amurk-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam, by a certain
Tirunattapperumal a pakkilan of Valavasikhamaninallur.

No.
286 (Page No. 182)

(A.
R.
No. 271 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 10=1187-88 A.D.

This
inscription is damaged in some places.It describes the king as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai
and the crowned head of the Pandya.It records the gift of a sandhya lamp to the temple of the
same god and place occuring in No. 285 above, by a certain
Panchanadivanan alias Irasarasa Nilagangaraiyan Devan [......].A sum of two palankasu to provide for this, is stated to
have been entrusted to the Sivabrahmana Kanchikku.....bhattan
Udaiyapillai alias Ananda[k]kalliyana-bhattan, who had right of worship in the temple, and
who agreed to carry out the object of the gift.

No.
289 (Page No. 184)

(A.
R.
No. 274 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Kulottunga-choladeva
III : Year 37=1214-15 A.D.

This
inscription refers to the failure of crops in Tirukkachchur in the 10th
year in the reign of the king and the consequent troubles of the people.It records the grant of 15 kasu in lieu of the land given
by the ur in the Kilakkaranai of the pidagai of
Tirukkachchur, made by a certain Kuppaisorudaiyan alias Oymanattu-velan, the
kilavan of Ayalur, for food offerings to the
deity Tiruvalakkoyil-udaiyar and for the eleven sandhya lamps
gifted by the ur itself.The
ur, receiving the amount from the donor, had agreed to perform
the services accordingly.The
villages of Kudalur, Sirumanur, Melvilimalli and Peramanur are stated to
form the boundary of the said land.

This
inscription records a gift of 32 cows and a bull to provide daily one ulakku
of ghee for burning a nanda lamp in the temple of
Tiruvalakkoyiludaiyar at Tirukkachchur as occurring in No. 289 above, by
one Kulottungasolak-Kannappan-Adinayan Panchanadivanan alias
Rajaraja Nilagangaraiyan of Tiruchchuram in Kulottungasola-valanadu in
Puliyur-kottam in Jayangonda solamandalam.The cows and the bull were received by some Sivabrahmanas
of the temple, who had agreed to burn the lamp perpetually.

A
postscript at the end of the inscription states that in the 18th
(year of king?), a standing lamp weighing 132 palam was given to
enable the burning of the nanda lamp mentioned above.

No.
291 (Page No. 186)

(A.
R.
No. 276 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 20=1197-98 A.D.

The
inscription refers to the king as one ‘who was pleased to take madurai
and the crowned head of the Pandya’. It records a gift of land for
burning a nanda lamp in the same temple at the same Tirukkachchur
as occuring in No. 290 above, by KirandaiAmararkanayakkar Kakkunayakkan and his younger brother
Tiruvalakkoyiludaiyan of the same Tirukkachchur. It is stated that the
gift-land was sold to one Kirandai Arumana-nayanar by the many Sivabrahmanas
of the temple who had undertaken to carry out the object of the gift
with the money thus obtained. At the end of the inscription, there is a
passage which refers to the 15th year of Perumal (king)
Sundarapandyadeva.

No.
294 (Page No. 188)

(A.
R. No. 279 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Kulottunga-choladeva
III : Year 37=1214-15 A. D.

This
inscription is incomplete at the end. It seems to be a copy of No. 289
above. However the 10th year in which the failure of crops is
stated in No. 289 to have occurred is not clear in the present record.

No.
296 (Page No. 189)

(A.
R. No. 281 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 22=1199-1200 A. D.

This
inscription records a gift of one nanda lamp to the same temple
of the same Tirukkachchur occurring in No. 295 above by the same person
who figures as the donor in No. 290 above, but who is stated, hear, to
belong to Mullaipadi, in the same nadu, kottam and mandalam. It is stated that 32 cows and one bull which he
donated for the purpose of burning the lamp, were entrusted to manradi
Atkondak-kon, his son Adavallan and the latter’s younger brother Sirri
of Sengunram in the nadu of the same name, who had agreed to
measure out daily one ulakku of ghee by the measure called Irasakesari.

This
inscription is incomplete. It describes the king as one ‘who was
pleased to take Madurai, Ilam, Karuvur and the crowned head of the
Pandya, and ‘who had a hero’s and a victor’s coronation’. It
records an order of a certain Nandipanman and mentions
Jayangondasola-mandalam.

No.
298 (Page No. 190)

(A.
R. No. 283 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Konerinmaikondan, Kulottunga III (?) Year 36=1213-14 A. D.

This
inscription records the gift made by the king of 48 veli of land
in Sengunram alias Arumolidevanallur in Sengunra-nadu in
Kalattur-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam, and 67 veli of land
in Vellala Madaiyar Pulliyam in Valla-nadu as devadana iraiyili to
the temple of the same deity in the same Tirukkachchur occurring in No.
297 above, to provide for offerings to the deity therein. The gift was
made on the request of Cediyarayan. The signatories were Irasanarayana
Muvenda-velan, who was the tirumandira-olai, Pallavarayan,
Vilinattaraiyan, Tondaiman, Siddharayan, Chedikularayan, Singarayan,
Angarayan, Vijayarayan and Nilagangaraiyan.

No.
299 (Page No. 191)

(A.
R. No. 284 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Tribhuvanaviradeva Kulottunga III : Year 37=1214-15 A. D.

This
inscription is incomplete. It records a gift of a sandhi lamp and
a sum of 3 palankasu to provide for that, to the same temple as
occurs in No. 283 above, by a certain palakannan Vidivitankan
Vaduganathan of Iraiyur in Kunra-nadu in Urrukkattuk-kottam in
Jayangondasola-mandalam. The money was accepted by the Sivabrahmana
who had right of Gautama[gotra], who must have agreed to carry out the
object of the gift, as usual.

The
king is described as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam, and
the crowned head of the pandya. This inscription records a gift of two
sandhi lamps to the same temple in the same Tirukkachchur,
made by a certain Ayilulan Aludaiyan Kakkunayakkan of Urattur in
Konadi-nadu in Sengattukkottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam. It is stated
that he gave 24 sheep to provide ghee for the lamps to the Sivabrahmanas
of the temple and that these sheep were received by a certain
Samik-konan Kakkunayakka-konan, son of manradi Madak-konan of
Tirukkachachur itself, who had agreed to measure out two nali of
ghee monthly.

The
inscription also records that the same Samik-konan Kakkunayakka-konan
had previously received 12 sheep from the temple treasury to provide
ghee for a sandhi lamp,
and that he had agreed to measure out nali of ghee monthly in
this connection. The measure used to measure out the ghee is called Irasakesari.

No.
302 (Page No. 193)

(A.
R. No. 287 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 23=1200-01 A. D.

The
king is described as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai and the
ceowned head of the Pandya’. The inscription records a gift of two sandhi
lamps to the same temple in the same Tirukkachchur as occurring in No.
300 above one by a local man named Karandai Cherikkuttan
Malaipagamvaittan (Skt. Harihara) and another by a certain Kumaran
Sattan Varangattan Tiruchchirrambalam-udaiyan of Velur in Damanur-nadu
in Urrukattuk-kottam. A sum of 2 palankasu from the former donor was received by the
Sivabrahmana kanchikuri
Srikantha-bhattan Udaiyalillai alias Nityakalana-bhattan of
Bharadvaja-[gotra] and a sum of 2 palankasu from the latter donor was received by the
Sivabrahmana
Alvan Devappillai alias Narpattennayira-bhattan of
Bharadvaja-[gotra]. Both were owners of right of worship in the temple,
and they had agreed to carry out the object of the object of the gift
perpetually.

No.
303 (Page No. 194)

(A.
R. No. 288 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 3, Avani 3=1180-81 A. D.

This
inscription records a gift of two sandhi lamps to the temple of
the same deity in the same Tirukkachchur as occurring in No. 302 above,
by a certain Puduppakkilan-Adan of Ulalur alias Rajarajanallur in
Kalattur-nadu in Kalattur-kottam. It is stated that the donor entrusted
4 palankasu to provide for the lamps with the Sivabrahmana Srishtisvaramudaiyan
Iranindan alias Tillainayaka-bhattan
of Kasyapa-[gotra] belonging to Kanaraikudi, who had right of worship in
the temple and who had agreed to carry out the object of the gift
hereditarily.

No.
304 (Page No. 194)

(A.
R. No. 289 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottungo-choladeva III. Year 5=1182-83 A. D.

The
inscription records a gift of two sandhi lamps to the temple in
the same Tirukkachchur as occurs in No. 303 above, by two local persons
named Nochchikkilan Tiruvalakkoyiludaiyan Tillaikkuttan and his younger
brother Tiruvavaduturaip-perumal. It
is stated that a sum of 4 palankasu endowed by them to provide
for the lamps, was received by two Sivabrahamanas having right of
worship in the temple, named Tiruvudaiyan alias Tillainayaka,
bhattan of Gautama-[gotra] and his younger brother Suryadevan alias
Panmahesvara-bhattan, who had agreed to burn the lamp perpetually.

No.
305 (Page No. 195)

(A.
R.
No. 290 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III alias Tribhuvanavira-deva:

Year
35=1212-13 A.D.

The
king is described as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam,
Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya’.

It
records an order of Nandipanman. Its
contents are as follows. Two
persons Ambar-kilavan and Nerkunrakkilan owning lands in
Madaiyar-pulliyam in Valla-nadu in Kalatturk-kottam in
Jayangondasola-mandalam presented that the devadana of the temple
of Tiruvalakkoyiludaiyar of Tirukkachchur of Sengunra-nadu, were getting
depleted and that the temple trustees (tanattar) were saying that
the services in the temple and repairs to it were not conducted. To retrieve the situation the
devadana and the pallichchanda
lands, in Madaiyar-pulliyam, measuring 67 veli in extent together
with garden-land were granted to the temple for services to the deity
from the 280th day of the 35th year in the reign
of the king. The two
persons mentioned above should meet the temple trustees and pay the
tax-incomes and arrange for further transaction in the matter.

The
inscription is badly damaged. The king is described as ‘who was pleased to take Madurai,
Ilam, Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya’. It appears to record a gift of 3,000 (three thousand)
Anradu
narpudukkasu for a certain services (probably lamp) in the same
temple in the same place, as occurs in No. 305 above. A certain Tiruchchirrambala-bhattan is mentioned.

No.
307 (Page No. 196)

(A.
R.
No. 292 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Kulottunga-choladeva
III : Year 25=1202-03 A.D.

This
fragmentary inscription appears to record a gift of some sandhi
lamp. The endowed material
(money or sheep) is stated to have been received by Udaiyapillai alias
Tiruchchirrambala-bhattan who had agreed to measure one ulakku of
ghee.

No.
310 (Page No. 197)

(A.
R.
No. 292 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 22=1199-1200 A.D.

This
incomplete inscription records that a certain person (name not clear but
probably reads as Inan) of the same Tirukkachchur had obtained 32 cows
and a bull from the bhandara of the temple of the god
Tiruvalakkoyiludaiyar and inlieu thereof had agreed to burn a nanda
lamp in the temple by measuring one ulakku of ghee perpetually.

No.
313 (Page No. 198)

(A.
R.
No. 295 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District

East
wall of the same mandapa.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 23=1200-01 AD.,

This
inscription refers to the king as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai,
Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya’.

It
records the provision of irrigation facility to the lands in Ambarpakkam
alias Irandidutiyaginallur which was a hamlet of Sengunrum and a devadana
of the temple of the god Trivalakkoyiludaiyar of Tirukkachchur, also
occuring in the above records. It is stated that this devadana hamlet was owned by
some individuals such as Sengunran-kilan Orrikondan Taluvakkulaindan of
Sengunram, his younger brother Karanaivitankam and the latter’s
younger brother Perumanambi, and Kumaran Sattan
Varanangattan-Aramudaiyan of Velur in Damanur-nadu in Urrukkattuk-kottam,
his younger brother Tiruchchirrambalamudaiyan, his younger brother Cherikkuttan and his
younger brother

Perumanambi,
and Kumaran Sattan Varanangattan-Aramudaiyan of Velu in Damanur-nadu in
Urrukkattuk-kottam, his younger brother Tiruchchirrambalamudaiyan, his
younger brother Cherikkuttan and his younger brother Tiruvegamudaiyan,
who, with the help of paddy provided by the temple, permitted the
irrigation facility consisting of 240 kuli of land and kalli tumbu (probably a sluice) through the tank called
Periyadevapputteri, which irrigated their estate Vensinriyampakkam.

No.
315 (Page No. 200)

(A.
R.
No. 297 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 15=1192 A.D.

This
inscription describes the king as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai
and the crowned head of the Pandya’.

It
records a gift of a sandhi lamp to the same temple of
Tirukkachchur occuring in the above-discussed inscriptions, by Kulalan
Kakkunayakkan, a karanattan and owner of property in the village. It further records that a sum of 3
palankasu was endowed
by him for this purpose, and this money was accepted by the Sivabrahmana
Kanchikuri Srikantha-bhattan Udayapillai alias
Nityakalyan-bhattan of Bharadvaja-[gotra], who was the Sivacharya of the
temple and who had ¼ share in the right of worship in the same temple.
It is further stated that this bhatta had agreed to burn
the sandhi lamp perpetually.

No.
316 (Page No. 200)

(A.
R.
No. 298 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Tribhuvanaviradeva: Year 33=1210-11 A.D.

This
incomplete inscription describes the king as one ‘who was pleased to
take Madurai, Ilam, Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya and who
was pleased to anoint the heroes and the vietors’.

It
records a gift of sandhi lamp to the same temple occurring in No.
315, etc., above by a certain Palakannan Vidivitankan Vaduganathan of
Iraiyur in Kunra-nadu in Urrukkattuk-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam,
he endowed 3 palankasu for this purpose and the same was accpeted
by the sivabrahmana Devappillai alias Narpattennayira-bhattan, son of Alvanbhatan of
Bharadvaja-[gotra], who
had right worship in the temple. Further
details are missing.

No.
317 (Page No. 201)

(A.
R.
No. 299 of 1909)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva III : Year 29=1206-07 A.D.

This
inscription refers to the king as one ‘who was pleased to take Madurai
and Ilam and the crowned head of the Pandya’.

It
records a gift of two sandhi lamps to the same temple as occurs
in No. 316, etc., above, by a certain Sendamaraikkannan, son of Kumaran
Sattan Tiruvegambamudaiyan of Velur in Damanur-nadu, in
Uttukkattuk-kottam. He also
endowed a sum of 4 palankasu for the purpose. The money was accepted by the
Sivabrahmana Udaiyapillai alias
Nittakalyana-bhattan alias son of Kanchikkuri Srikantha-bhattan
Devappiriyan of Bharadvaja-[gotra] who had right of worship in
the temple and who had agreed to carry out the burning of the lamps.

No.
334

(Page No. 215)

(A.
R. No. 316 of 1909.)

Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District

Detached
stone built into the south wall of the mandapa in front of the

This
inscription is fragmentary. It refers to the king as one ‘who was
pleased to take Madurai, Ilam, Karuvur and the crowned head of the
Pandya and to anoint the heroes and the victors’. It records the
setting up of an image of the Saiva saint Tirunavukkarasu (i. e., Appar)
in the temple of [Tiruvalak-koyiludaiya-nayanar] of Tirukkachchur
alias Nittavinodanallur in
Sengunra-nadu in Kalattur-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam, by Biraman
alias Chittirame[i . . . . ], son of Marudidangondar, a reciter of the sacred
hymns (Tiruppadiyama)
in the temple of the deity Biramisuramudaiya-nayanar of a
chaturvedimangalam (name lost) in the same mandalam.

This
inscription contains the prasasti of the king commencing with Puyalvayppa
valamperunga, etc.

It
records a gift of a nanda lamp to the temple of the god
Tiruvikolamudaiyar of Kuvam alias Tiyagasamuttiranallur in
Manavir-kottam in Jayagondasola-mandalam by a certain Kurumudi Sangan
Govindan alias Vanavan Muvendavelan. It is stated that he endowed for this purpose, 16
Anradu
narpalankasu which was received by the Sivabrahmanas of the
temple viz., Sennarperran Mahadeva-bhattam of Kavsika (Kausika)-[gotra],
Udaiyapillai alias Tavarasarasa-bhattan of Gauvutama-[gotra], his
younger brothers, Tiruvallamudaiyan-bhattan of Gavutama—[gotra], Devar
alias Porkoyilnambi of Kasyapa-[gotra], and his younger brothers,
who had agreed to carry out the object of the endowment perpetually.

This
inscription is built in at the end, so the date and some other important
details are lost.

It
records a gift of a nanda lamp to the temple of the god
Tiruvi[rkola-mudaiyanayanar] of Kuvam alias Tiyagasmudranallur in
Manavir-kottam in [Jayangondasola-mandalam, by Attiyuralvan Andapiran of
Garggya-gotra, belonging to Kottur in Ambar-nadu in same mandalam. It
is stated that he endowed some amount (details lost) of Anradu
Narpalankasu for this purpose, and that the amount was accepted by a
number of Sivabrahmanas of the temple who had agreed to burn the
lamp perpetually from the month of Masi of the year quoted.

No.
355 (Page No. 233)

(A.
R.
No. 336 of 1909)

Kuvam,
Tiruvallore Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Kulottungacholadeva (III ?): Year 15=1192-93 A.D. ?

This
inscription records a gift of a sum of 20 Palankasu for a nanda
lamp to the same temple of the same Kuvam occurring in No. 354 above, by
Kachchikadamban Taluvakkulaindan-uyyavandan alias Sembiyan
Vilupparaiyan of Palaiyanur-nadu in Manavir-kottam. It is stated that the amount was accepted by number of
Sivabrahmanas
of the temple (names given) who had agreed to burn the lamp perpetually
from the month of Chittirai of the year quoted.

No.
356 (Page No. 234)

(A.
R.
No. 337 of 1909)

Kuvam,
Tiruvallore Taluk, Chingleput DistrictSame
wall as above.

Tribh
Konerinmaikondan : Year 27-1204-05 A.D.

This
inscription is damaged in some places. It records that the tanattar of the temple of the village
mentioned in No. 349 above instituted a service called Kulasekharan-sandhi
in the temple and that the king was requested to arranged to provide for
this. Accordingly the king
made a gift of a village (name lost) as a tax-free devadana from
the month of Ani in the year quoted above.

No.
366

(Page No. 241)

(A.
R. No. 345 of 1909.)

Kuvam,
Tiruvallore Taluk, Chingleput District Same
wall.

Tribh
Kulottungacholadeva (III) : Year 3=1180-81 A. D.

This
inscription records a gift of 36 Narpalankasu
for burning a nanda lamp in the temple of
Tiruvirkolamudaiyar in Kuvam alias Tiyagasamudra-nallur in
Manavir-kottam in Jayangodasola-mandalam, by a certain Kavusikan
Kakkunayakka-bhattan of Tiruvilimilalai. The temple Sivabrahmanas Kausikan
Devappillai, Gautaman Udaiyappillai, his younger brother, viz. Gautaman
Soma-bhattan and Gautaman Tiruvalamudaiyan-bhattan and Kasyapan
Devappillai who received the gift of money had agreed to burn the lamp
from the month of Chittirai.

This
inscription contains the prasasti of king commencing with Puyalvayttu
valam peruga, etc., it mentions the queen Buvanamulududaiyal.

It
records a gift of 5 veli of land in the kudipparru in
Sirringur to provide for food-offerings during the attasamam (ardhajamam)
and the waking up (palliyeluchchi) services in the temple of the
god Tiruppulippagavardevar of Sirringur, a brahmadeyam in
Kurukkaik-kurram in Maladu in Rajaraja-vala-nadu, by Malaiyaman suriyan
Nirerran Edirikanayan alias
Rajarajamalaiyakularayan of Kiliyur in Tirumunaippadi-nadu. It is stated
that from the area where the gift land is situated the lands previously
gifted as devadana were exempted, and present gift was given as devadana
without removing the tenants cultivating it.

No.
434 (Page No. 285)

(A.
R. No. 413 of 1909.)

Siddhalingamadam,
Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Virarajendracholadeva (Kulottunga III) : Year 6=1183-84 A. D.

This
inscription is built in at the bottom and hence the details of the gift
are not available now.

It,
however, seems to record a gift of taxes on weavers looms, etc.,
situated in the streets around the temple of the god
Tiruppulippagavadevar of Sirringur a brahmadesam in
Kurukkaik-kurram in Maladu in Irajaraja-valanadu and probably income
from vikkirama-solanallur also, to the same god, by a certain
Elisaimohan alias Jananatha-Kachchiyarayan, son of Alappirandan
Arasanarayanan of Kudalur. (See S. I. I., Vol. XII, p. 170, No.
9).

This
inscription contains the prasasti of the king commencing with Puyalvauppa
valam peruga, etc., and mentions the queen Buvanamulududaiyal.

It
records a gift of all incomes except the sirupadikaval, due from
the devadana lands of the temple of the god
Tiruppulippagavardevar of Sirringur a brahmadeyam in
Kurukkaik-kurran in Maladu in Rajaraja-valanadu to Malaiyaman
Sokkapperumal Ponparappinan alias Rajagambhirachchediyaman, of
Kiliyur in the same nadu, by him to provide for the procession
during the festival of the above-mentioned god held in the month of
Purattadi.

No.
436 (Page No. 287)

(A.
R. No. 415 of 1909.)

Siddhalingamadam,
Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Virarajendracholadeva (Kulottunga III ?) : Year 6=1183-84 A. D.

This
inscription records a gift of 70 kuli of land in Kiliyur in
Rajarajavalanadu by the servant named Kuttan Panaiyan alias
Ponparappina Malaiyaman of the same place, purchased for 1 ¼ kalanju
of gold from the sabhai of the same place, for two nanda lamps
to be burnt in the temple of the god Tiruppulippagavar of Sirringur, a
brahmadeyam,
in Kurukkai-kurram in maladu in Rajaraja-valanadu. It is stated that the
gift of lamps was made for the merit of the servant’s master
Rajagambhirachchediyarayar who also figures in No. 435 above. The lamps
were received by the Sivabrahmanas of
the temple who had agreed to burn them for ever.

No.
437 (Page No. 287)

(A.
R. No. 416 of 1909.)

Siddhalingamadam,
Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Tribhuvanaviradeva (Kulottunga III) : Year 35=1212-13 A. D.

This
inscription is built in at the bottom.

It
records a gift of a standing lamp made of bronze and bell-metal, a bell
and a vessel made of brass to the temple of the god Tirupplippagavadevar
of Sirringur a brahmadesam in Kurukkaik-kurram in Maladu in Irajaraja-valanadu by a certain
Sivadavanapprumal Vamana-bhattan [Valappiranda] Birammarayan, son of
Kasivan Adiyyaveli belonging to Palaiyur alias
Irajanarayanacharuppedimangalam. It is stated that the gift was made for
the merit of two devaradiyars 9dancing girls), named
Soliyanachchi alias Ponnar Tiruvadimanikkam, daughter of Perral
of Sirringur, and the former’s daughter Alavandapillai alias
Piranattiyagi-nangai.

This
inscription is damaged in several places. It refers to the king as
‘who was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned head of the pandya’.

It
records that the temple of the god Tirunalamudaiyar in Vennadu, in
Uyyakkondar-valanadu, in the balustrade on the southside of the
Pugalabharana-mandapa, an image of the god Tiruvunaligai
Vinayakappillaiyar was set up by a certain Tiruchchirrambalamudaiyan alias
Paramativakaran, of Tirunallam. It further records that the people (urar)
of Pungudi alias Olaimangalattuppanavan-kundaiyur, a devadana,
of the above-mentioned temple, and of Ilanalattur gifted away as iraiyili
(tax-free) some lands in favour of the god Pillaiyar. Of these people,
those of Ilanalattur gave a piece of land in thrie village as archchana-bogam
to the same deity. Then the names of a number of signatories are
given. It then records another gift of land made probably by the people
of the other village, although its details are lost.

No.
721 (Page No. 514)

(A.
R.
No. 670 of 1909)

Tirundungalam,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirapalli DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Tribhuvanaviradeva (Kulottunga III) : Year 32=1209-10 A.D.

This
inscription refers to the king as ‘who was pleased to take Madurai,

Ilam
(i.e., Ceylon), Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya’.

It
records the gift of the land to the north of
Tyagavallich-chatupedimangalam, to the east of Vikkiramabarananallur, to
the south of [.]ttarambur and to the south and west of Mangalal, and all
the incomes derived from the village to the temple of
Tirunedungalam-udaiya-nayanar in Vadakavira-nadu in
Pandikulasani-valanadu, by Valappakkudaiyan Tillai Tirumattapperumal, alias
Visaiyalaiya Muttaraiyan of Valambakkudi. It is stated that the donor gave the land to the
Sibhandaram
of the temple.

No.723
(Page No. 516)

(A.R.No.672
of 1909)

Tirunedungalam,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirapalli District

South
wall of the same mandapa.

Karikalacholadeva
(Kulottunga III) : Year 6= 1183-84 A.D.

This
inscription is damaged.

It
record a gift, made by the king, of land 13 plus 3-I/8ma in Kallikkudi
in Eyi-nadu in Pandikulasani-valanadu for daily worship and services in
the temple of
Tiruvendugula-mahadevar in [Vada*]kavi-nadu. It also records another
gift by the king probably to the same temple of the village f Puttambur
in the same nadu and valanadu, its Aiyyan temple, Pidari temple, tank,
and gardens, the extent of land totalling to 14 veli.

It
refers to the king as ‘who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam (i.e.,
Ceylon), Karuvur and the
crowned head of the Pandya and who was pleased to perform the anointment
of the heroes and victors’.

It
records a gift of land 301-1/4 kuli in extent, made by a certain
Tillai Tirunattapperumal Visaiyalaya Muttaraiyan alias
Narpattennayirapillai of Valambakkudi, a pratikshettra, to some bhattars
of the temple of Tirunedungalam-udaiya-nayanar in Vadakavira-nadu in
Pandikulasani-valanadu. It
is stated that the land was situated in the backyard of some houses in
the street on the southern side of the temple. It is also stated that some specified quantity of Sikaveri (i.e.,
Kaveri) water was to be supplied for the purpose of bathing the image of
the deity.

It
also records the gift of income from some other land, as tirumanjanapuram,
by the same donor.

No.
726 (Page No. 520)

(A.
R.
No. 675 of 1909)

Tirunedungalam,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirappali DistrictSame
wall.

Tribh
Konerimaikondan, (Parakesari Kulottunga III): C. 12th
century.

This
inscription is damaged slightly.

It
records a gift of land, 10-1/4 plus 3/8 ma in extent to provide
for daily worship and offerings to the god Mahadevar of Tirunedungalam
in Vadakavi-nadu in Pandikulasani-valanadu, by the king and it is stated
that this gift was made in accordance with the order of
Parakesariparumar Visayalayasoladevar directing the grant of a tax-free
devadana.

No.
783 (Page No. 569)

(A.
R. No. 732 of 1909)

Alambakkam,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirappalli DistrictIn
the same place.

Parakesarivarman
alias Tribh Kulottungacholadeva III: year 36,

Kumbha
(Masi) su. [ . . .]Monday=1214 A. D., February 17 (?)

This
inscription is damaged and incomplete. It contains the prasasti
of the king beginning with Puyalvayttu, etc.

It refers to the king as ‘who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam
(i. e., Ceylon), Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya.’ It
appears to be a record of a gift of land to the temple of the village
(name lost, but evidently sri-Madhurantakach-chaturvedimangalam), a Brahmadeyam,
in Poygai-nadu in Vadakarai-Rajaraja-valanadu. it mentions the [Ma]durantakappreri.
Other details are lost.

This
inscription is damaged in some places. It contains the prasasti
of the king commencing with puyalvayttu valam peruga, etc.

It records a sale of land 5-3/4 ma in extent and a house
of 22-1/2 kuli in area, in Sri-Madurantakach-chaturvedimangalam,
a Brahmadeyam, in Poygai-nadu, in Vadakarai-Irasarasa-valanadu, by some
bhatta
people of Vangipuram of the above mentioned village, to the temple of
Sri-Kayi[lasam-udaiya-maha-devar] of the place. The price of the land is
stated to be 402-1/2 Anradu Narkasu and that of the house 17-1/2 Anradu
Narkasu.

A
number of people figure as signatories, and a certain women named
Udaiyapillai, daughter of Parvati alias Nittavinodamanikkam
(details of her family lost) is stated to have paid the charges for
engraving this record on stone.